I too have requested a more detailed explanation for the information we
learned at last year's Elsbett workshop in North Carolina.
I sent off this question :
" What is the main reason Elsbett suggests not using soybean oil as a
fuel-
Is it due to its high iodine number? Or is it just due to soybean
oil's negative effect on lubrication oil?"
When I receive an answer I will post to the list.
Thanks,
Rachel Burton
Piedmont Biofuels
www.biofuels.coop
On Mar 30, 2005, at 1:32 PM, Keith Addison wrote:
Hello Stephan, Jan and all
I asked Elsbett's Alexander Noack for some comment on what he was
quoted as saying about soy oil, and got a very brief response from
him:
Hi Keith,
this all is nearly correct, but only for direct injection engines.
Mit freundlichen Gr٤en / Best regards
Alexander Noack
ELSBETT Technologie GmbH
Weissenburger Stra§e 15
D-91177 Thalmaessing
Internet: www.elsbett.com
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
phone: +49 (0)9173 77940
Fax: +49 (0)9173 77942
This was the quote in question:
"Soybean oil is bad. Whether it is straight vegetable oil or soybean
based biodiesel. It is a no-go in diesel engines. Why? In diesel
engines you have slight mixing between fuel and lubricating oil.
There is a fuel property in soybean oil that makes it reactive when
in contact with engine lubricating oil. It supposedly has a
polymerizing action with the engine oil, which is detrimental to the
life of your lubricating system.
"What they do in Europe is use a vegetable-based lubricating oil for
the engine to prevent any problems with fuel-lubricating oil
intimacy. What else? They do not use soybean oil; They use rape seed
also known as canola."
Best wishes
Keith
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